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100 1 _aBurgan, Michael.
245 1 4 _aThe Louisiana Purchase /
_cby Michael Burgan ; content adviser, Harry Rubenstein ; social studies adviser, Sherry L. Field ; reading adviser, Linda D. Labbo.
260 _aMinneapolis, Minn. :
_bCompass Point Books,
_cc2002.
300 _a48 p. :
_bill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ;
_c24 cm.
490 1 _aWe the people
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 46-47) and index.
505 0 _aA vast frontier -- Spanish Louisiana -- Fighting for the river -- Two treaties -- Napol�eon's dream -- Jefferson's dream -- Warning of war -- A great bargain -- A great nation.
520 _aLooks at the political and economic history of the region between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains which, when purchased by Jefferson in 1803, doubled the size of the United States and led the way to further expansion.
650 0 7 _aLouisiana Purchase.
_2Sears
651 7 _aUnited States
_xTerritorial expansion.
_2Sears
830 0 _aWe the people (Compass Point Books)
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